2441) ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ (Citrus Greening) – APHIS Expands Quarantined Area in California

For full report, please visit the NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System (www.pestalert.org).

2442) IPPC Secretariat shared views on the use of Next Generation Sequence Technologies for plant pest diagnostics

Speakers from Session 1

2443) SUPERELONGATION DISEASE OF CASSAVA CAUSED BY Elsinoe brasiliensis

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is the second staple crop of economic importance after rice that is cultivated in Trinidad and Tobago. …

2444) New Hebrides Coconut mite (Colomerus novahebridensis) present in Darwin, Northern Territory

The Northern Territory reported that the mite (Colomerus novahebridensis Kiefer) was detected in the Darwin Botanic Gardens on 19 May …

2445) Detection of Tobacco slug beetle in New South Wales

Unusual beetles were noted to be feeding on Prairie Ground Cherry leaves in November 2008 in a glasshouse. Samples were …

2446) Pest status of Bactrocera invadens in South Africa

Bactrocera invadens specimens were detected from the third week of January 2013, until the third week of February 2013 in …

2447) Description of the NPPO

Seed Certification Plant Protection Center (SCPPC)of the Department of Agriculture was formed in 1990 with the multidisplinary mandate to provide …

2448) Review of the IPPC Dispute Settlement System

On 4 - 6 March 2013, members of the IPPC Subsidiary Body for Dispute Settlement (SBDS) met at FAO Headquarters …

2449) Findings of Globodera pallida in potato fields in Denmark

For decades the Danish NPPO has carried out official inspections, soil sampling and testing for the presence of potato vyst …

2450) Improvement of the NRO Reporting in Phytosanitary Legislations

The numbers of phytosanitary legislation reports have been increasing in a stable way over the last 4 years. In the …